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Jay Williams '54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, published a poem, "You Came," in the November edition of The Quest: Philosophy. Science. Religion. The Arts (Wheaton, Ill.).

Twelve Hamilton College students traveled to Philadelphia the weekend of November 2-5 to participate in the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC). These students are members of Model United Nations, an organization which enables students to attend various Model UN conferences throughout the year. The purpose of the organization is to improve public speaking and writing skills while learning about the official UN procedures.

Jim Erickson ‘79, science reporter for the Rocky Mountain News won a 2006 Science in Society Award (Newspaper category) presented by the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) at that organization's annual meeting in Baltimore on Oct. 29. His award-winning story, "A Change in the Air," published December 13, 2005, described the impact of climate change on the Colorado Rockies. The NASW's Science in Society Awards are considered to be among the highest honors in science journalism, primarily because the winners are chosen by a panel of their peers and the awards are not sponsored by any special interest group. Winners receive $1000 and a certificate.

John Adams, visiting professor of rhetoric and communication, published a paper, “Rhetoric’s Teaching and Multi-Modal Learning,” in Academic Exchange Quarterly. This paper broadly addresses the concept of multi-modal learning as it may be engaged in teaching rhetoric. It highlights an example drawn from Adams’ teaching experience—the creation of “vidblinks” with cell phones—as it explains how multi-modal learning is essential to a well-considered engagement of rhetoric’s teaching as far as it encompasses artistic and inartistic proof. Further, the paper explains how rhetoric itself is multi-modal as an architectonic practice drawing on, and substantively contributing to, the sum of the liberal arts.

Steven Hess, a Holocaust survivor, will speak about his childhood experiences during the war on Monday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. Hess' family was sent to the Dutch Transit Camp, Westerbork, and then the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. He and his twin sister are among the few children younger than 15-years-old who survived. Hess will talk about how he struggled to survive and how the experience impacted his life. The talk is sponsored by Hillel.

Rouben C. Cholakian, the Burgess Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, will present a talk titled "Marguerite de Navarre: The Making of a Biography," on Monday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Science Center room 3024. The talk will be about the life and times of Queen Marguerite de Navarre based on Cholakian's recent biography of her, co-authored with Patricia Francis Cholakian. Marguerite de Navarre was a renowned Renaissance humanist and author and the sister of King Francois of France.

Sharon Werning Rivera, assistant professor of government, and David W. Rivera, government department lecturer, published “The Russian Elite under Putin: Militocratic or Bourgeois?” in the April-June 2006 issue of Post-Soviet Affairs. The article investigated the widespread assumption that since Vladimir Putin took over the presidency from Boris Yeltsin on Jan. 1, 2000, large numbers of siloviki, those with experience in the military and security agencies, have been recruited into government service.

William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li was referenced in an article that appeared in Foreign Affairs magazines’s November/December issue in an article titled “China’s Leadership Gap.” Written by John L. Thornton, professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing and board chair of the Brookings Institution, the article referenced Li’s statistics and observations on the rising levels of education achieved by China’s political leaders. Li, who focuses his research on Chinese leadership, is also a senior scholar with the Brookings Institution and is a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and a member of The Academic Advisory Group of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group.

Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large with the National Review Online, will present a lecture titled "The Case for Conservatism" on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The event is hosted by the Hamilton College Republicans.

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, lectured at Columbia University on November 2 on “Representing Women: Feminist Post-Modern Theories of Identity and Experience.” Her audience included students from Columbia’s Graduate Schools of Social Work and Education and Union Theological Seminary. The talk was sponsored by the Feminist Caucus of Columbia University.